(NEW YORK) Katten announced today that, for the sixth consecutive year, the firm has been recognized as a leader in Hatch-Waxman litigation in the 2025 Abbreviated New Drug Application (ANDA) Litigation Intelligence Report, a comprehensive evaluation of the best-performing and most active Hatch-Waxman attorneys and law firms.
Katten ranked among the leading three law firms in the Top 100 Most Active Law Firms Representing Defendants category and ranked as one of the 10 best firms named to the Top 100 Most Active Law Firms Overall (Representing Defendants or Plaintiffs) list.
Katten Global Intellectual Property Department Chair Deepro R. Mukerjee and Patent Litigation Co-Chair Lance A. Soderstrom ranked among the top 10 Most Active ANDA Attorneys Representing Defendants, with Partners Jitty Malik, PhD and Joseph M. Janusz placing among the top 25.
Mukerjee, Soderstrom, Malik along with Christopher B. Ferenc were also listed in the top 25 of Best Performing ANDA Attorneys Representing Defendants. Ranking among the top 25 Most Active ANDA Attorneys Overall (Representing Plaintiffs and Defendants) were Mukerjee and Soderstrom.
"This industry leading report again notes Katten's prowess in ANDA litigation and reflects the proven success of our Hatch-Waxman attorneys, who serve as trusted advisors to our clients operating in the highly competitive and evolving pharmaceutical and life sciences sectors," said Mukerjee, the Global Chair of Katten's Intellectual Property Department and a member of the firm's Executive Committee and Board of Directors.
In total, there are 15 Katten Patent Litigation attorneys individually named as leading ANDA litigators. In addition to Mukerjee, Soderstrom, Malik, Janusz and Ferenc, featured in the report are Patent Litigation Co-Chair Brian Sodikoff; Partners Timothy H. Gray and Eric T. Werlinger; Counsel Matthew M. Holub and Rachel Leininger Schweers, PhD; and Associates Lauren Eiten, Catherine E. O’Brien, Sara M. Pistilli and Jillian M. Schurr; and staff attorney Christopher B. Prescott.
Additionally, the firm appeared on the lists for Best Performing Law Firms Representing Defendants, Best Performing Law Firms Overall (Representing Defendants or Plaintiffs), and Top 100 Most Active Law Firms Representing Plaintiffs.
The 2025 ANDA Litigation Intelligence Report, released by Patexia, is based on the activity and performance of attorneys and law firms for Hatch-Waxman litigation. Researchers evaluated 200 law firms and 1574 attorneys and analyzed the data from 1,373 ANDA cases filed from July 1, 2020, through June 30, 2025. Patexia is the leading network for intellectual property professionals, with over 100,000 attorney profiles.
